OATS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. OATS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OATS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OATS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OATS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OATS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OATS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about OATS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OATS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dry seeds of the oat plant, harvested and used chiefly as food for people and livestock.
Oats are grown as a cereal crop in cool, damp climates, and once picked they are almost always spoken of together as a mass rather than counted one by one, so the plural form oats has become the everyday name for the food itself. Rolled or ground, oats are cooked into porridge, baked into bread, or fed whole to horses and other farm animals.
How OATS is used
Common in everyday speech and cooking; rarely used in the singular for the food product.
- She poured a cup of oats into the pot of boiling water.
- The farmer stored sacks of oats in the barn for the winter.
- Horses were given a ration of oats before the long ride.
- He topped his oats with honey and sliced banana.
- The field of oats swayed gently in the morning wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OATS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OATS
The 4 tiles of OATS in a different order — 4 found.
Words ending in OATS
Showing 24 of 98 words that end in OATS. Useful as a back hook: play OATS onto a word already on the board.
Words with OATS inside
16 words contain OATS in the middle. Words that start with OATS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OATS
Common questions about OATS
- Is OATS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OATS, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OATS worth?
- OATS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OATS mean?
- The dry seeds of the oat plant, harvested and used chiefly as food for people and livestock.
- What letters can be added to OATS?
- OATS takes 5 hooks: 5 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OATS:
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